Idris Elba returned to his iconic role as the titular detective in BBC One crime drama Luther on Tuesday night. The kick-off of the next chapter in the Neil Cross created show averaged 5.6M viewers in the overnights, peaking at 5.9M, and was the most-watched program of New Year’s Day in the UK. A 25.7 share is the…

Just in time for the holidays, Idris Elba returns to his iconic role as the titular detective in BBC crime drama Luther. BBC One has dropped the first trailer for Season 5 which will air as part of the UK broadcaster’s Festive Season lineup, while BBC America says the series will be back in 2019. Check out the video…

Idris Elba's tormented detective Luther is getting a Korean makeover after broadcaster MBC ordered a local remake. The remake is one of three Korean scripted format deals struck with BBC Worldwide, which has been ramping up local remake agreements for its dramas. Mistresses, which was remade by ABC with Alyssa Milano…

To make his directorial debut on an adaptation of Yardie, the 1992 Victor Headley novel about the collision of Jamaican culture in London, Idris Elba put into it many of the pieces of his life and career. The career spans his seminal TV series turns Luther and The Wire, movies like Beasts of No Nation, American Gangste…

Neil Cross, creator of Idris Elba's BBC1 police drama Luther, is heading back to the small screen with Hard Sun, a six-part "pre-apocalyptic" crime drama that stars Agyness Deyn as Detective Inspector Elaine Renko and Jim Sturgess Detective Chief Inspector Charlie Hicks. After striking an exclusive overall deal with Fr…

This is very good news for Luther fans. BBC America has greenlighted a new installment of the praised British crime drama written and created by Neil Cross, with Idris Elba set to return in his iconic role as DCI John Luther. Filming on the new four-part limited series is slated to begin early next year for BBC One in…

As Alison in Showtime's The Affair, currently running through its third season, Ruth Wilson is creating the kind of character most actors must dream of. With the story told from the subjective perspectives of multiple characters, Alison can turn on a dime. Sometimes confident, sometimes not. Sometimes together…

Absence certainly made hearts grow a little fonder on this side of the pond for the return of Luther this week. Season 4 of the Idris Elba drama pulled in 252,000 total viewers for its more than 2-hour special last night on BBC America. That's up 22% in total viewers from what the Season 3 premiere of the Neil…

It's been 2-years since we last saw damaged but driven DCI John Luther throwing his coat into London's Thames and heading off into a new life with sociopathic Alice Morgan. Well, a lot can happen in 2-years and a lot can go wrong. However, the December 17 debuting 2-hour fourth season of Luther is not wrong at all. In…

Neil Cross is getting back into the detective business with BBC One. The network has ordered six-part pre-apocalyptic drama Hard Sun to be produced by Kate Harwood’s Euston Films. Set in contemporary London, it will feature detective partners and enemies, Elaine Renko and Robert Hicks, who seek to enforce the law and…

Idris Elba is back as tormented genius DCI John Luther in the trailer above. The London detective, whose brilliant mind is often in conflict with the dangerous violence of his passions, returns in two new one-hour episodes next month which have been given confirmed air dates. On BBC One in the UK, the special kicks…

Fox’s drama pilot Luther, a remake of the acclaimed British series, has been rolled and will be produced off-cycle. The project had a cast-contingent pilot order and the decision to push it beyond the traditional pilot season was made after difficulties casting the lead John Luther, played in the original series by…